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jail·er
also jail·or (jā′lər)n.
One whose responsibility is keeping a jail.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() keeper - someone in charge of other people; "am I my brother's keeper?" |
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jailer
also jailornoun
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fangavörîur
žalárnik
jail,
gaol
(dʒeil) noun (a) prison. You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.
verb to put in prison. He was jailed for two years.
ˈjailer, ˈjailor, ˈgaoler noun a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners. The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.
ˈjailbird, ˈgaolbird noun a person who is or has often been in jail.
to put a criminal in jail or gaol (not goal).
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